"%age" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "%ages",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "percentage"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995 May 9, The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get, “Rockets' Chances Against Phoenix”, in rec.sport.basketball.pro (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "text": "2) His shooting %age goes up about .015 in the playoffs; that'll increase after last series' numbers are figured in.\n3) His rebounding (won't be true this season), free-throw %age (won't be true this season), blocks, and assists/game go up in the playoffs.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 March 29, Michael Zarlenga, “12th grade math standards”, in alt.politics.clinton (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "text": "Ann's free-throw %age using her old method is 60%. Using a new method she makes 9 of her first 10 attempts. Is the new method better than the old? (Hint: \"advanced statistical formula must be used.\")",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 April 4, Ted Roberts, “ORLANDO: This Team Makes Me Sick!!!!”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.orlando-magic (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "text": "His career free-throw %age is higher than Wilt Chamberlain's",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 June 24, David Spera, “Makes with high %age of manuals?”, in rec.autos.driving (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 February 20, Declan Shanaghy, “[hylafax-users] high %age of international faxes fail”, in fa.hylafax (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Abbreviation of percentage."
      ],
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    }
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  "word": "%age"
}

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    {
      "form": "%ages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "percentage"
        }
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "en:Mathematics"
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        {
          "ref": "1995 May 9, The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get, “Rockets' Chances Against Phoenix”, in rec.sport.basketball.pro (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "text": "2) His shooting %age goes up about .015 in the playoffs; that'll increase after last series' numbers are figured in.\n3) His rebounding (won't be true this season), free-throw %age (won't be true this season), blocks, and assists/game go up in the playoffs.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 March 29, Michael Zarlenga, “12th grade math standards”, in alt.politics.clinton (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "text": "Ann's free-throw %age using her old method is 60%. Using a new method she makes 9 of her first 10 attempts. Is the new method better than the old? (Hint: \"advanced statistical formula must be used.\")",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 April 4, Ted Roberts, “ORLANDO: This Team Makes Me Sick!!!!”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.orlando-magic (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "text": "His career free-throw %age is higher than Wilt Chamberlain's",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 June 24, David Spera, “Makes with high %age of manuals?”, in rec.autos.driving (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 February 20, Declan Shanaghy, “[hylafax-users] high %age of international faxes fail”, in fa.hylafax (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-18:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of percentage."
      ],
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  "word": "%age"
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